We sometimes use the analogy of beef stew to illustrate how we think racial diversity will play out in our church. We don’t want to be a bag of marbles, where each culture exists side by side in a congregation but with interpenetration with the others. We also don’t want to be a melting pot, however, where each culture loses its distinctive flavor. If you mix a hundred different paint colors together, you end up with a dull gray. We want the church to be like beef stew, where each element retains its basic consistency but “flavors” the others, too. That’s cheeky, for sure, but it helps us picture what racial diversification might look like in a local body.

J.D. Greear

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats	Dutch	Game, Caribou, Chili, Jw	8	Servings

INGREDIENTS

4	lb	Caribou, chunked preferred or ground
1	lg	Onion, chopped
2		Garlic cloves, minced
1	ts	Oregano
2	ts	Cumin
1	c	Red wine, beef broth or beer
6	ts	Chili powder
1 1/2	c	Canned tomatoes and juice or small can tomato paste
2	ts	Liquid hot pepper sauce OR
1/2	ts	Cayenne Pepper Salt to taste

INSTRUCTIONS

Place meat, onion and garlic in a large heavy skillet or Dutch oven. Cook
until
light colored. Add oregano, cumin, water, chili powder, tomatoes, hot
pepper
sauce (more or less to taste), and salt. Bring to a boil, lowering heat,
and
simmer for one hour. Optionally, the sauce may be thickened with a little
(1-2 tb.) Masa or Corn meal.
If possible, allow chili to cool and sit for at least 6 hours before
re-heating
and serving. It always tastes better the second day.
Extra optional ingredients:
1 c  Green Bell pepper chopped
1 c  Red Bell pepper chopped
Ancho, Pequin, Jalapeno or other chile peppers
1/2 ts All Spice
2 tb Cilantro fresh chopped
1 ts Ground coriander
A little red wine vinegar and an equal amount of brown sugar
Up to 2 tb Worcestershire Sauce
Kidney or small red "chili" beans * [N.B. This is *illegal* <G> in Texas
but
quite common in the rest of the world!] 1/2 c or more Mushrooms chopped
File ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub/food/mealmaster/recipes/caribou.zip

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